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Blissfully innocent?
A child looks at a
slogan brought by protesters to a rally calling on the
government to throw out the oil deregulation law, as part
of mobilization efforts in Metro Manila by transport
groups demanding firmer state intervention to cushion the
impact of rising oil prices.
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Audit on road mess sought |
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IN the face
of presidential orders to clean up the extensive bidding
mess in government after the World Bank (WB) practically
blew the whistle on the practice, Executive officials
continue to snub the Senate investigation on the WB
suspension of its loan for road upgradings. |
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DOF
eyes P30-B savings, bucks perks |
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THE
Department of Finance (DOF) has cited savings as large as
P30 billion a year, savings seen to help fund the
government’s multiyear infrastructure-buildup program,
should the proposed fiscal-incentives rationalization plan
muster Congress. |
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Unexpected agri boost to fuel Q3 growth
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The gross
domestic product (GDP) may be within the 6.1-percent to 7.1-
percent range in the third quarter owing to the recovery of
the agriculture sector and continued strength shown by the
industry sector, according to the National Economic and
Development Authority (Neda). |
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Mina
batters Northern Luzon, ruins crops |
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TYPHOON Mina
battered the whole of Northern Luzon on Monday hours after
it made landfall in Palanan, Isabela, Sunday evening,
spawning heavy flooding and a landslide to force the
evacuation of more than 1,000 people while damaging at least
P109 million thus far in crops. |
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Sugar producers, DA agree to peg sugar retail at P36-P38 |
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SUGAR
producers and the Department of Agriculture (DA) Monday
inked an agreement to peg the retail price of sugar at a
range of P36 to P38 a kilogram to stabilize its prices in a
program called Abot-Kayang Asukal Para Sa Mamamayan. |
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Asian women migrant workers declining mildly |
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THE number
of women migrants from Asian nations, including those from
the Philippines, is now lower than the number of female
migrants from other regions counting from 1960, according to
the latest report of the World Bank group on the
international migration of women. |
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GMA
thanks Hanjin for $2-B Mindanao shipyard complex |
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PRESIDENT
Arroyo on Monday thanked Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and
Construction Corp. for deciding to build a $2-billion
shipyard complex in Mindanao, which will begin building
ships by 2010. |
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‘FTAs between EU, Asean states to cut deeply’
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AN alliance
of civil-society groups in Europe and Southeast Asia has
raised concerns on the proposed free-trade agreements (FTAs)
between the European Union and individually with member-
countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean),
as well as with the bloc itself, saying jobs and revenues
will be lost due to reduction or removal of tariffs and more
restrictions on exports and investments in the weaker Asean
economies. |
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Debates prolong ‘burial’ of impeachment case |
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IN
proceedings marred by heated debates and a boycott by the
minority, the House of Representatives formally laid to rest
on Monday the impeachment complaint against President
Arroyo. |
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Floor debates on budget start |
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THE Senate
started floor debates Monday on the Palace-proposed
P1.227-trillion budget bill for next year, scrambling to
meet a self-imposed deadline to pass the money measure in
plenary within two weeks, or just before Congress adjourns
for Christmas recess. |
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SEN. Mar Roxas
take s his oath as new Libera l Party president, with former
Senate President Franklin Drilon relinquishing the party
presidency effective Friday, November 30. Reading Roxas his
oath is former Senate President Jovito Salonga, LP chairman
emeritus. Witnessing the oathtaking are Sens. Benigno Aquino
II I, Francis Pangilinan, Rodolfo Biazon, former senator
Wigberto Tañada, and Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Tañada III
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